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New Years Eve
I know this is the third entry for Auckland and you must be getting pretty bored of the place by now but this is the last time! Promise. (For now anyway!)
We decided to stay at the YHA in Auckland for a few nights over New Year rather than at a campsite because it is central. We thought this would be safer and easier fo stumbling home at night! During the day on New Years Eve we walked to Auckland domain, which strangely we hadn't yet visited! The Domain had a few walks but it was alot smaller than i expected and not quite as pretty. Afterwards we walked to an area of Auckland called Parnell where we had some lunch and wandered around all of the boutique-y shops. Neil is having so much fun shopping with us!
After a few drinks in the hostel that night we headed out onto Queen Street. We had a few drinks in the bars along Queen Street before making our way down to the harbour where there were fireworks off the Sky Tower at 12pm. I don't know whether everyone was too drunk or just a bit confused because there were about 3 different count downs and even then the fireworks didn't go off! When they did, they were good, but there was no Auld lang syne (???), afterwards we headed back onto Queen Street where the bars were a little cheaper! We didn't get back into the hostel until about 3am so i think i can say a good night was had by all!
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